Severe flooding caused a hill to collapse, inflicting heavy damage on a Nelson man's home.
"My house is ruined... I can't live inside [it] anymore," Yoann Martichon told 1News.
Martichon heard the hill collapsing around 8pm on Thursday and looked outside to see a slip coming straight for his home.
"We saw the dirt rolling straight to our property," he said.
Martichon and his family left for a motel shortly after. "It's been quite a night, to be honest."
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Mud from the slip has piled around the house, and even came in through a bedroom window.
"We came this morning to assess the situation... it's pretty bad."
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MetService has warned the sodden region is expected to face a second downpour late on Friday afternoon.
The footage was taken by Nelson City Council members out delivering emergency food parcels. (Source: Supplied)
"We've got more rain coming tonight, heavy rain, so we'll see what happens. There's nothing I can do," Martichon said.
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